Drone Space holds inaugural graduation ceremony for over 40 students
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Drone Space, a Kenyan unmanned aircraft systems training organization, has graduated over 40 students at the inaugural East and Central African drone pilots’ graduation. The pilots received their Remote Pilots Licence (RPL) certificates from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). This allows them to operate drones in Kenyan national airspace.
Drone Space is a licensed and certified Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Organization (UTO) by the KCAA. The organization hopes to train over 1000 drone pilots in our Remote Pilot Licence (RPL) Training Course by 2022, with drone pilot training facilities in Nairobi.
Speaking at the graduation, Walid Badawi, UNDP Resident Representative in Kenya said, “Today’s graduation is the country’s first, but it represents an important step forward in the country’s efforts to harness the use of this new technology. Drone Space is committed to assisting in the gr